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"January here was terrible. Now it is February, and nothing has changed. I don’t know when anything will change. I write this and it becomes a wail." @lhertzel.bsky.social in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
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Letter From Minnesota: Our Community Grows Stronger by the Week
You might be surprised to learn how many kinds of gas masks there are. Some are effective if you get pepper-sprayed, others are better for mace or tear gas. Some cover the mouth and nose; others al…
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February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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I wrote a little thing about Deleuze's On Painting. Didn't know it had been translated. limitedinc.blogspot.com/2026/02/dele...
deleuze on painting: the dream of a segment
economics, literature, politics, culture
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February 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Jessie Diggins is the Olympian Testing the Limits of Endurance
Jessie Diggins has become the best-ever American cross-country skier because of what she pushes her body through.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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And while I'm here: I love this snappy little book by Golumbia from 2016. You can read it in like 2 hours!

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The Politics of Bitcoin
Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Oh hey. A book I wrote and translated came out today! If you're inclined to buy, please consider buying from your local indie bookseller, from Bookshop.org, or the publisher, U of Minnesota Press, so they can continue their good work, in MPLS and at large...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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Coming this May, a community-centered handbook for transformative social change that explores Dr. Brittany Lewis's Equity in Action model through case studies. BUILDING A NEW TABLE is available for pre-order wherever books are sold.
Author Dr. Brittany Lewis pictured in profile at left; at right, book cover for Building a New Table; in between, text: Coming May 2026. A Community-Centered Handbook for Transfmroative Social Change. Building a New Table by Dr. Brittany Lewis. Pre-order today!
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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"It’s not about bravery, it’s about making sure to do the right thing, at the right time, for the other human—because we too are human." Marcie Rendon in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy : lithub.com/letter-from-...
Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers
Before the current ICE occupation, many folks in the activist community moved off Facebook, Meta, X, and went to, at the time, more secure communication platforms. I asked a Lakota friend, activist…
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February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Phil’s book came in the mail today!

Looks excellent and also so relevant for students of religion

Late Theory: Fredric Jameson, or the Persistence of Reading
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Books for Understanding ICE in Minnesota: a curated list of titles to aid in understanding the profound and disturbing events that have so deeply affected our communities. www.upress.umn.edu/books-for-un...
​Book cover for Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities by Jessica Lopez Lyman. Color graphic blending musical bars behind two people smiling and gesturing toward the Taco Taxi restaurant’s marquee over a spray-painted facade. Book cover for We Miss You, George Floyd by Shannon Gibney. Illustrated cover showing a young black woman in a green shirt holding a sign displaying the title of the book against a purple background. Book cover for We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World, edited by Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura. Title in large sans-serif black font against blue-sky background; in lower third, orange ground serves as backdrop for an upside-down Minneapolis skyline. Book cover for The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives by David Mura. Image of an extremely thick book that displays the title and author name in black text on white cover. Background is a glaring, solid red.
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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"We are still here, and I believe we will get through this moment." Carolyn Holbrook in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy :
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Letter From Minnesota: We’ve Been Here Before
It’s no secret that Minneapolis has historically forced national reckonings on racial injustice and policing. The murder of Fong Lee in 2006, the killing of Jamar Clark in 2015 and Philando Castile…
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February 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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"The resistance in our city comes out of how our children have come of age within a diversity that so many fear and we here celebrate." David Mura in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy :
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Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America
After the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a spotlight immediately glared upon the Japanese community. My Japanese American parents were ten and fourteen; for months their families lived in …
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February 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Thrilled that my children’s picture book about a little girl struggling to understand her mom’s stillbirth, pubs this May! ❤️‍🩹🤩

It’s called WHERE IS NY SISTER? and is a long time coming.
February 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Available for pre-order from @uminnpress.bsky.social: Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin: Strategies for Collective Survival, co-authored with @anneemcguire.bsky.social

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Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin
A call to remake our world through a new politics of disabled kin-makingWe live in a world broken by design: a web of systems that debilitate and kill throug...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Spring children's preview in @publisherswkly.bsky.social includes new books from @kaokaliayang.bsky.social @shannongibney.bsky.social and Mary Casanova: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Children's Preview: Publishers T-Z
Our Spring Children's Preview features a selection of the season’s biggest titles for kids and teens.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Wrapping up a review (for Af Am Review) of this @uminnpress.bsky.social book and I refuse to wait: recommending now Bartell’s uncannily relevant *On the Eve*, about how MLK, the Panthers, the Boggses, LRBW & comrades discussed tech unemployment, UBI, labor & more

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On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution
Uncovering the Black Power movement’s contributions to theorizing the politics of automation​   On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution offers a comp...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Journalists #DonLemon, #GeorgiaFort arrested last night for covering protest against ICE earlier this month. Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social lays down her theory on why MN has become a federal target w/ @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell. lithub.com/jessica-lope... #lithubpod #writers
Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota
Interdisciplinary performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and…
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January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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The journal @lithub.com.web.brid.gy has been running Letters from Minnesotans this week, essays by some of our most respected writers. Today's from Kao Kalia Yang, a Hmong woman and a brilliant and honored writer, might break you. But all of them are powerful. lithub.com/letter-from-...
Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…
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January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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🆕 🎧 The perilous edge between patriotism and fascism: On the work of Maria Janion, with Marta Figlerowicz and @noahfeldman.bsky.social
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The perilous edge between patriotism and fascism | University of Minnesota Press | Episode 128
The work of Maria Janion, one of Eastern Europe’s most profound intellectuals, who witnessed the rise of authoritarian nationalism in Poland, German occupation during World War II, Soviet control, and...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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📗 R. Christian Phillips reviews "Cinema is the Strongest Weapon: Race-Making and Resistance in Fascist Italy" by Lorenzo Fabbri (@uminnpress.bsky.social) in Journal of Film and Video Vol. 77, No. 4, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
Cover of Journal of Film and Video, Volume 77, No. 4, Winter 2025 Purple letters spelling out "JFV" and full journal title in green and white text on a black background with close-up photo of a camera lens
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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NEW EPISODE: Performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and local resistance.
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Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota
Interdisciplinary performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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This year's James Beard Awards semifinalists are in, and we're happy to see contributors to KITCHENS OF HOPE Gustavo Romero and Kate Romero (Oro by Nixta) and Yia Vang (Vinai) included. Congrats! www.startribune.com/minnesota-ch...
Cookbook cover for Kitchen of Hope: Immigrants Share Stories of Resilience and Recipes from Home by Linda S. Svitak and Christin Jaye Eaton, with Lee Svitak Dean. Photography by Tom Wallace. Image: Plated spices, peppers, and peppercorns shown beside geometric shapes and woven textiles. Title in lower left against a blue background.
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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A huge thanks to @uminnpress.bsky.social for this box of absolute beauties. Order yours here: www.upress.umn.edu/978151791782.... Christmas is coming, buy six!
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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This Page Intentionally Left Blank: @pinebeltblues.bsky.social reviews KJ Cerankowski's NOTHING WANTING (@uminnpress.bsky.social)
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January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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A powerful account of the imbrications of borders and media. The focus may be Europe but the effects of paranoia, surveillance, anxiety and, sometimes, small acts of piety, have global resonances. Highly recommended. Versione italiana da venire...University of Minnesota Press. Highly recommended.
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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New podcast day!! Here is ep. 385A: Dr. Jeffrey Angles discusses his translation of THE LUMINOUS FAIRIES AND MOTHRA, a sequel to GODZILLA that launched one of the most beloved monsters in the “kaijuverse.” @uminnpress.bsky.social

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January 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM